No. 3 Campbellsport a 4-3 win over No. 6 Sheboygan Lutheran/Kohler in a WIAA regional championship game played in Campbellsport Friday night.

CAMPBELLSPORT – What started as a wasted opportunity, ended up as redemption for Campbellsport's Taylor Ramthun.

Tied 3-3 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Campbellsport's Dustin Salter reached second base on a ground ball to the shortstop, but a bad throw allowed him to advance. Then going to third after a Al Zommers single, Ramthun had a chance to deliver the go-ahead run.

On the first pitch, Ramthun failed to get the bunt down on a suicide squeeze, resulting in Salter being caught in a pickle and being thrown out at home. But with Zommers sitting on second base, Ramthun had another chance to drive in a run.

Three pitches later, Ramthun hit a base hit to left field, scoring Zommers to give No. 3 Campbellsport a 4-3 win over No. 6 Sheboygan Lutheran/Kohler in a WIAA regional championship game played in Campbellsport Friday night.

Campbellsport (18-6) will now get another knock at No. 2 Sheboygan Falls Monday, in a sectional game played in Plymouth at 3 p.m.

"The plan was if Salter got on third with less than two outs left, I was going to squeeze him in," Ramthun said about the failed suicide squeeze. "The first pitch came in and I did not do my job. Second pitch was down and then a couple of pitches later, I hit a ball up the middle, scoring Zommers."

Ramthun's single was one of five Cougar hits on the night, showing their ability to hit in clutch situations. The same could not be said for the Crusaders, who scored three runs on eight hits. They had runners in scoring position every inning, but had a hard time driving the runners in.

"We knew that they had a good team, their pitcher threw a very good game," Campbellsport head coach Kyle Twohig said. "We were fortunate to get out with a win. Taylor came through, you can't ask for more from that."

Ramthun's big hit was a response to Sheboygan Lutheran/Kohler, who scored two runs in the top of that same inning to tie it 3-3. Campbellsport only had two hits coming into the sixth inning.

Campbellsport hurt themselves all night, committing two errors, which led to the two runs scored in the sixth. Despite those errors, Jordan Dreikosen came through for the Cougars, as the Crusaders stranded 13 batters.

"Jordan really helped us overcome a lot of defensive mishaps, he doesn't get rattled and just stays the course," Twohig said about Dreikosen, who allowed three runs on eight hits in seven innings. "He did a heck of a job."

Dreikosen struggled with his command, walking six batters, but helped his case by striking out eight.

"We made a couple of errors that didn't help him but he pitched himself out of a lot of jams," Ramthun said of Dreikosen.

Campbellsport jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third inning after Sean Mossberg scored the first run on a wild pitch. After a walk and a Crusader error, Austin Narges had a two-run double.

Sheboygan Lutheran/Kohler cut the lead to 3-1 after Jacob Muth hit a sacrifice fly. Then in the sixth, Crusaders' Calvin Stefanczyk hit a two-run double to deep right field. What should have been the third out before that hit, Erik Baver reached after a throwing error by the shortstop.

Now the Cougars get their chance at Sheboygan Falls again, who finished just ahead of them in the Eastern Wisconsin Conference. Campbellsport beat the Falcons in the final game of the regular season, though.

"They are a good team to play, hopefully it's another competitive game and our kids will put their best out there," Twohig said.